Tuesday, January 01, 2008

From Afar


Why are all the good ones coming AFTER Christmas??? - Merrily





In a small Southern town there was a "Nativity Scene" that showed great skill and talent had gone into creating it. One small feature bothered me.

The three wise men were wearing firemen's helmets.

Totally unable to come up with a reason or explanation, I left. At a "Quik Stop" on the edge of town, I asked the lady behind the counter about the helmets. She exploded into a rage, yelling at me, "You darn Yankees never do read the Bible!"

I assured her that I did, but simply couldn't recall anything about firemen in the Bible.

She jerked her Bible from behind the counter and ruffled thru some pages, and finally jabbed her finger at a passage.

Sticking it in my face she said "See, it says right here, 'The three wise man came from afar.'"

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

You must have been in my beloved state of Tennessee. Cracks me up. That made my day

Rodger the Real King of France said...

Congrats on the VOLS bowl victory Jack. Tennessee is fast becoming my favorite state, mostly because y'all are the most politically educated, and America owes Tennessee eternal gratitude for keeping AL Gore out of the White House.

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